Most people who were alive during the attacks on Pearl Harbor are no longer alive to commemorate the event. There are even fewer veterans from that time period who are still living. Frank Levingston, of Lake Charles, Louisiana, is currently the oldest living veteran from World War II.
Levingston, who turned 110 on Nov. 13, 2015, according to Fox 5 News, enlisted in the Army after the attacks in Hawaii in 1942. The news source reported that he spent three years serving in Italy before retiring and returning home.
The veteran was recently invited to make the trip to Washington, D.C. for the 74th Pearl Harbor remembrance ceremony. The news source stated that it was the veteran's first time to the nation's capital, and he was not going to let age hold him back during the experience.
Levingston was flown from New Orleans to Washington D.C. on Dec. 5, where he was driven to the VFW Post 2013 by a limousine, as reported by Fox 5 News. On Dec. 7, the anniversary of the attacks, the veteran was invited to be a part of the wreath-laying ceremony at the National World War II Memorial.
There were 400 people in attendance at the ceremony, including Levingston's wife.